PMP Today: If LG has introduced its new UP3 MP3 player six months ago, it would have beaten the iPod?Nano’s market share to a pulp, well at least LG could dream. The UP3 has a small OLED screen, which is enough for browsing through your music files in MP3, WMA, OGG and ASF. It has a USB port?and FM...
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Slashgear: Sure, wireless speakers aren’t all that new, neither are outdoor speakers, but a smart combination of the two brought to you by Sharper Image, well that’s nearly a work of art. They use 2.4GHz signals, so you’ll have to make sure it doesn’t interfere with any of your other gear. Other th...
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Electronic House: Audiophiles might want to cover their eyes and ears, but here’s a seemingly straightforward way to convert your vinyl collection to MP3 files or straight onto an iPod. ION’s iPod USB Turntable has an iPod dock that works with a 5th-gen iPod or 2nd-gen Nano, and also comes equipped...
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The Register: Audio company Griffin has started shipping its Evolve wireless sound system for iPods, letting users wirelessly wander their homes with miniature ghetto-blaster speakers at their sides. Evolve consists of a base station, with built-in docking stations for two cube-shaped wireless spea...
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Absolute Gadget: Most docking stations these days cater mainly for the full-blown iPod and its smaller cousin the iPod nano, but what about the baby of the family, the Shuffle? Well Creative has made sure that Shuffle owners don’t feel left out with its new TravelSound i50 docking speaker....
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Electronista: Sound specialist Boynq has announced a new iPod clock stereo with an unusual design. The speakers of the WakeUp actually rest on a corner, the main anchorage of the clock being a three-panel “wall,” with each panel containing an LCD displaying time, input channels o...
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New Zunes: They ain't never catching Apple, but kudos to Microsoft for building in wireless syncing (and adding it to old Zunes) before other major vendors. Ads on YouTube: Wait, you mean ads other than the ones that appear when somebody puts a TV show up without editing? I'm confused here. Five mor...
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has developed a chip-manufacturing technique able to significantly increase the amount of music, pictures, videos and other data people can store in future iPods, iPhones and other devices. The world's largest memory chip maker showed off a 64G-bit multilevel cell (MLC)...
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iPod accessory-maker Griffin Technology has released the Evolve Wireless Sound System for iPod. First shown at Macworld Expo San Francisco earlier this year, Griffin said the system costs $299.99 from Best Buy or $349 from the Web site. The iPod sits on a base and plays music like you would expect....
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Electronista: XtremeMac has introduced a new audio system for use with the iPod. Calling it the Tango Studio, the company advertises full-range stereo sound, which is powered by two 3-inch loudspeakers. Designed for the budget-minded iPod owner, it lacks the subwoofer of its more expensive sibling, ...
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The Register: Brits will next week get first dibs on one of Samsung’s latest music handsets. The company is launching three music phones across Europe over the coming weeks, starting with the SGH-F210 in the UK. Its two other music-focused phones, the SGH-i450 and SGH-F330, will eventually come to ...
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Anything But iPod: The Sansa Clip is SanDisk’s newest edition to the small, low-capacity player market. Clearly aimed to compete with Apple’s Shuffle, it obviously dominates in every way except design and size. It carries itself like many of the Sansa products in design, interface, and features. Wha...
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Shiny Shiny: Philips has unleased a slim, sleek MP4 player on the UK public. 2GB and 4GB versions of the player are now available. To put that in perspective, some examples of what the 4GB player can hold are: 1,000 MP3 or 2,000 WMAs or 1,120 photos plus 7 hours of WMVs. The 48g, 9cm long player al...
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PMP Today: This sleek-looking PMP from the East is Onda’s newest release, the VX838. At 9.2×3.5×0.7CM, this gadget has a 1.8-inch QVGA screen, 1GB of memory, a Rockchip Wolfson8987 audio frequency CMOS chip, supports touch screen, and can play MP3, WMA, and MPEG-4 files. Besides these features, it a...
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MacNN: USBFever.com today began shipping a new iPod/iPhone FM transmitter and charger, as well as an iPod nano 3G aluminum case and two other miscellaneous iPod-related items. The company’s new transmitter/charger comes with a car adapter for charging both devices, can play as well as char...
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Electronista: Altec Lansing has introduced its new iMotion iM414 Zune speaker system. Listed as “coming soon”, the company promises immersive, crystal-clear sound using full-range custom-designed speakers surround effect technology, and bass enhancement technology that delivers a...
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Duracell has introduced a three-in-one Mobile Charger -- for iPods and other devices -- into the U.S. market. The device can recharge a variety of high-drain devices, ranging from digital cameras and portable gaming systems to iPods, MP3 players and BlackBerrys, through several methods. Digital ca...
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Virgin Group Ltd. will shut down its online music subscription and download service in the U.S. and U.K. next month, leaving one less competitor for Apple Inc.'s iTunes Music Store. In the U.K., Virgin Digital stopped selling tracks last Friday, and is no longer accepting new customers. As of Frida...
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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA -- Hoping its success in the music business translates to television, Apple Computer today announced plans to make episodes of five different TV shows available through a new version of iTunes. Artwork: Courtesy of Apple Viewers can watch the shows on a PC or Mac or on a new vi...
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Olive Media Products and MusicGiants on Thursday announced that users of Olive's Opus media player will be able to purchase and download digital music that's unencumbered with Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions, and that uses lossless compression techniques. Olive sells a line of audiophi...
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